Thompson v. State

hln 2014, appellant John D. Thompson was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder of his wife. He was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment, and the Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Thompson v. State, 2015 Ark. App. 486, 469 S.W.3d 814.

In 2015, Thompson timely filed in the trial court a verified pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2014) seeking to vacate the judgment on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. The petition was denied, and Thompson brings this appeal.

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